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by ctdonath 5y ago
I regularly work outside during summer, powering a MacBook Pro exclusively by sunlight (panel about 1m^2). For a few hours I can get a good 50+ watts, buffering thru a 100Wh battery. Keeping the load typically around 10-15 watts isn't
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Typo. poser = poster
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by ctdonath 5y ago
We do find it odd how some will dig into a poser's history for the apparent purpose of rendering judgement on those expressing diverse views.
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by ctdonath 5y ago
They are. The alternative to “move” is toxic water. My area is developing its own problems, so I’m looking to get out. I certainly wouldn’t send my kids to live in an oppressive uberprison dorm.
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by ctdonath 5y ago
You don’t even see the problem. Try using “Mohammed” in the same context.
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Why would I live somewhere so expensive? Many seem to not understand that real estate is not unlimited-supply like most manufactured goods. Just because you want a particular home doesn’t mean expect it will go for MSRP like common retail g
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Problem is: those "cells" cost ~$300,000 each. Assuming a break-even at 10 years, that's $2,500/month - more than my mortgage for a 2400 sq ft home on .75 acres with a small forest. At $100/mo, would take 250 years
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Are such laws necessary? if you want to not live there, don't.
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Your point is good, but the profane is inappropriate.
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by ctdonath 5y ago
You have a way: freedom. You're free to not associate. You can choose alternatives to UCSB, Apple, Facebook, lousy jobs, high tuition, etc. Sure you won't get the benefits those offer, but nobody is compelling participation. That&
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Healthcare providers will work out manageable/fair billing and payment plans, if the patient will simply take the initiative to discuss it. They're just not going to advertise the fact.
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by ctdonath 5y ago
If you own your home, and are otherwise completely out of debt, you can live much better on far less income. Income doesn't mean much if most of it is going toward debt service. Anecdote: Trump had an epiphany when he realized a bum on
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by ctdonath 5y ago
So cash in and move. I keep seeing examples of Bay Area "awful", and note that one can get a lakefront McMansion within a 30 minute drive of Atlanta for the same price. Too many wallow in the "feel" and don't levera
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Related fact: the US "poverty line" is at the 80th percentile of world incomes. If you're not "US poor", you're in the top 20%.
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by ctdonath 5y ago
You can get the complete 51-volume Harvard Classics set on Kindle for a buck. https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=harvard+classics&i=digital-text...
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by ctdonath 5y ago
The “but muh upgradable RAM” folks need realize: computers are so fast now that just making RAM human-replaceable requires such long connectors that resulting speeds are unacceptably low (due to speed of light vs clock cycle time).
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Your head, being farther from the center point which you revolve around, is traveling faster than your head - causing, via relativity, time to pass slower for your head than your feet. The faster a thing moves relative to another, the slowe
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by ctdonath 5y ago
OSHA is explicitly downplaying reporting of adverse effects of COVID vaccination. That’s a huge warning that something is amiss. My employer requires it, yet OSHA plainly states my employer need not report any adverse effects I may suffer.
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Related anecdote: mega-brand Kodak died because film retailers threatened to stop carrying film if Kodak made serious moves into digital photography, as retailers relied on foot traffic driven by film (enter store once to buy film, again to
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by ctdonath 5y ago
That it's a special class of problems doesn't mean it shouldn't be solved by now. Time handling should be solved too; amazing that an iOS app can't get current correct GMT.
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by ctdonath 5y ago
I'm really surprised someone technically minded thought it's a good idea to not allow non ASCII alphanumerics in a username. Unicode has been a thing since 1988. Names have included non a-z characters since forever.
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Article describes interest in APL, and constructing tools for it, but does not note any modern practical/commercial use of APL. As such, seems little more than academic interest akin to Latin or Esperanto, where even Klingon gets more
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by ctdonath 5y ago
As one who took APL as an "introduction to programming" course in college: APL practically encouraged unreadable implementations. Students would literally and frequently challenge others with "what does this program do?"
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Operative word: "want". There was no other viable option.
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Apple's core competency is selling hardware, with a tightly integrated ecosystem to optimize user experience with that hardware. There is no incentive to facilitate introducing that hardware into an uncontrolled foreign ecosystem. Appl
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Who looked at a stinking frothing puddle of rotted grains, and decided to drink enough of it, repeatedly, to discover and evaluate the consequences & process?
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Zero function. Wait for it to start, wait for the comma, wait because now I’ve learned to wait, realize there’s nothing more to wait for, scroll thru meaningless verbiage that could fit in one screen, wait again to see if more will appear,
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Will they learn enough COBOL to be worth the money? Seeing how hard it is to find good mobile developers, and having lived in a COBOL shop back in the heyday, I don’t see a meaningful number of talented “show me the money” types passing up
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Not if they can’t find anyone willing to learn COBOL. There’s huge demand for developers on modern systems. Seriously, how much are you going to pay a developer to do mainframe COBOL - and is that developer going to produce commensurate val
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by ctdonath 5y ago
Interesting this thread got flagged. Fair honest discussion of relevant law as reported by a leading news source.

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